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he dresses like a twat, almost everything he says is complete drivel and i'm sure he's probably a complete cunt in real life but on the rare occasions he is funny he can excellent.
the way he seemed to really get under jack dees skin on have i got news for you was particularly entertaining. dee clearly couldn't stand being in the same room as him.

i think he is seen as a cock because he has some definite mental health problems. i've got way more time for him now because he seemed to be thoughtful and intelligent and i felta bit sorry for him. although he was dressed like a twat ....

Watch 'Russell Brand On The Road' on wednesday BBC Four at 9pm. Its a programme where he travells across america following the journey of jack kerouak in his novel 'on the road'. You'll see the proper russell i assue you. Plus, he's doing it with MATT MORGAN!

Isn't funny, he just makes observations about everyday life and tries to make jokes about them, the 'ol "it's funny cos it's true", like everyone does with their mates down the pub.
I've got mates alot funnier than Brand and they don't wear stupid clothes or back comb the back of their hair for a gimmick.
I've got a friend that loves him and is always trying to get me to watch his stuff, I've tried to like it and be open minded but he hasn't made me chuckle once and ultimately just irritates.

He's brilliant.
If you listen to his radio show it really shows you his best side. He has a beyond brotherly relationship with his co-host (they done a threesome together...Woah), he is much MUCH funnier when he's being spontaneous on the radio than his planned stand up stuff, and he just comes across as extremely endearing and loving, despite getting swept away by shagging people at times.

the whole thing about him being dickensian and thesaurus-eating is basically made up. He isnt particularly intelligent in a "stephen fry" sense, but he is generally really idealistic and enthusiastic about his ideals and pursues them.

He also has funny anecdotes about being on drugs. Which are always funny. For some reason.

He genuinly is interested in beat stuff, and jack kerouac. Why shouldnt he be allowed to make a program about it? And obviously it's not just him talking about the book. It's not as if he thinks he has the authority to cover a hugely famous book

that he learns loads of famous "intellectual" literary and philosophical stuff for show. I'm not any brand aficionado i've seen him on the big brother thing and in interviews and stuff and i've never heard him say anything intelligent or particularly interesting.

they're all on youtube, just search "re:brand". The way he confronts him at the end after trying to reason with him to whole time is brilliant.

The one where he wanks off a guy in a toilet is also pretty good, if just for that bit. And the one where he let the homeless guy stay in his house for a week or however long it was. Quite interesting finding that the homeless guy preffered the streets (not because brands house was shit...)

as I said, he's not got any particularly interesting views, but his lust for life and the way he experiences stuff is brilliant.
And besides, regardless of his reasons, hes still learned all that stuff which is good.

on his Radio 2 show, he was having a discussion with Richard Dawkins about the God Delusion book, and he was funny as fuck, and made some really poignant points. He's crap when he's working within the limitations of something like Big Brother's Little Brother, but left to his own devices, I think he's great. Although I wouldn't buy it, "My Booky Wook" is the only celeb autobiog that I'd vaguely want to read.

I thought the others looked bemused but hardly angry. Great tv though - I wouldn't have watched the programme if it hadn't been for this thread, so thanks. RB was also pretty good value on the Culture Show this weekend..

I haven't really seen him on much before, even though he is supposedly on everything and from what I heard I expected to hate him. I thought he was very good on there and played up to a character very well. Still not as good as King Charlie though.

Brand now is like the track you love when you hear it for the first time but gets that much airplay it starts to knock you sick every time you hear it.
If he was vinyl i'd have smashed it into bits ages ago.
Come in Brand your time is up.

but now think he's hilarious, mainly due to his radio show with Matt Morgan. Missed HIGNFY but will view it on Youtube thanks to this thread. Him saying that he shuts his eyes when licking a stamp in front of the Queen at the RVP was funny. Just needs to flatten that hairdo a touch. Oh yeah, what about him and Noel Fielding on the Big Fat Quiz last year. Genius.....(but Fielding was better)